The impact of criteria-referenced formative assessment on fifth-grade students’ theater arts achievement

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 310-319

  Chen, Fei ^a   Andrade, Heidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment for learning; criteria referenced assessment; formative assessment; peer assessment; self assessment; theater education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006839794     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2016.1255870     Document Type: Article

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